Late War News

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 July 1916, Page 3

Late War News

(Australia-New Zealand Cable Service)

(Received This Day 8.45 a.m.) THE ALLIES PROGRESS IN THE WEST. Paris, July 5. t is noteworthy that the enemy's first position was captured along the tutile front attacked;; the second position along upwards of one half the distance attacked, and' the third position along over one-third of the distance att.ic e< . Such a proportion of frontage *'as not attained in «, short time in any previous attack of the war. The British on several occasions clearly hood/winked the Germans (by a feint. A skilful offensive enabled the Allies to occupy the culminating point, southward of Somme plateau, of Hill 105, dominating the riverbed between Frise

j and Pennine. Oar h«My artillery now is preparing to rake the ®nemy positions i alone th« river banfc (Received This Day 9 a.m.) OONSOELINTIOUB OBJECTORS. Londion, July 5. Lord Crewe, replying to criticiam of the treatment of conscientious objectors, «aidi tliey must regard them a» ibad citizens. He hoped the punishment, which, should not be light, would be carried out fey the civil power, instead of treating them as soldiers when they were unworthy to be called soldiers. PRISONERS MAD. London, July o. The Daily Mail correspondent says some of the prisoners are mad; doubtlew they have Been enough to mn.ko men made. Some were found crouching in the dugouts, afraid either to fight or surrender. SOLDIERS' HEROISM. Referring to the heroism of the British troops in miarcliing steadily through the triple barrage of the fire curtain, the Daily Mail correspondent says that when the parade was decimated numbers o fthe enemy in turn heroically left their trenches, and erected machine guns on the parapets and the two parties fought in the open; heroism could not go 'further. The Germans incurred the heaviest single loss during a counterattack on Montauban, where half a division advancing in close order, was completely destroyed. ACCURATE SHELL FIRE. A French officer, describing the British artillery work, sayis the German trenches were pitted with shell holes afc regularly as the machine perforations is a sheet of postage stamps. ALLIES UNDENIABLE SUCCESS. Amsterdam andi Berlin reporte agree that the Allies have secured an undeniable success, in spite of the German General Staff'h great preparations by sending troops from Riga, while the Larulsturin and Lanciwehr garrisons in J the interior have been hurriedly sent to ['Vance.